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Mailing May
by Tunnell, Michael O.
When a young girl can't afford to go visit her grandmother by train, her family discovers a less costly way for her to travel - by mail.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Trophy, 2000, New York, NY
Mama Went to Jail for the Vote
by Karr, Kathleen
A humorous and poignant fictional story, this book is also an eye-opening view of the women's suffrage movement.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Hyperion Books for Children, 2005, New York, NY
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Rappaport, Doreen
An illustrated biography and chronology of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement era.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Awards Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Hyperion Books, 2001, New York, NY
Mary McLeod Bethune
by Eloise Greenfield
Story of a woman who fought against many challenges in the Post-Civil-War South in her effort to bring education to all children.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher HarperTrophy, 1977, New York, NY
Meet Molly
by Tripp, Valerie
Young Molly experiences the effects of World War II as her family grows a victory garden, and both parents join the war effort.
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Topics
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher American Girl, 1991, Middleton, WI
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
